Replica Short-faced Bear Skull Rabbits temporomandibular joints

temporomandibular joints

This skull is unusually masculine in form

Origin: Galapagos Islands

the remains of two specimens were found in the Haile limestone quarries in Alachua County

Calcification of the crowns of the permanent canines

Replica Short-faced Bear Skull Rabbits temporomandibular jointsArctodus simus (Cope 1897), which is more closely related to the Andean Bears, Tremarctos than to Ursus, have been found in several locations from Mexico to Alaska. Those specimens from Alaska, known as Arctodus simus yukonensis, are typically more robust than those specimens found in more southern latitudes. These bears were extremely large and weight estimates have been in excess of 1300 lbs. Notably, their limbs were very long and would have